Agenda Volume 2 - Methodist Conference

44. Methodist Council
wider work has been done and the
Council will initiate that process at an
appropriate time.
11.5 At this stage the Council brings
two further specific matters to the
Conference. The Working Party has
drawn attention to the fact that
at present there is no provision in
Standing Orders for the application
to the post of Warden of ministerial
development review. The Conference
is therefore invited to amend
Standing Order 743 to correct this
omission.
11.6 Noting that at present there is no
provision for the appointment of
deputies to the Warden, the Council
also accepted a recommendation
that such provision should be made.
The specific recommendation from
the Working Party was linked to
other recommendations which the
Council will be considering again
in the autumn. In the light of that
work, the Council may offer different
recommendations to the Conference
of 2014. However, the Council agrees
that some provision should now
be made and therefore invites the
Conference to add two new clauses
to Standing Order 754 as set out in
Resolution 44/13.
11.7 The Council has asked the Working
Party to undertake further work in
consultation with the Convocation
of the Methodist Diaconal Order
and, so far as financial matters are
concerned with the Strategy and
Resources Committee of the Council,
on its remaining recommendations
which were as follows:
a) that a new Standing Order be
drafted creating an MDO Senior
Leadership Team representing
the whole Church who share
leadership collaboratively
with the Warden. The Working
Party recommended that the
team should comprise two
presbyters, two lay people and
two deacons meeting up to
four times annually with the
Warden and the Deputy Warden
with the Warden and one of its
members (presbyter, deacon
or lay) who has served as
President or Vice-President of
the Conference as co-chairs;
b) that the Methodist Council, in
consultation with the Law and
Polity Committee, brings to
the Conference of 2013 new
permissive provisions, parallel
to those applying to Chairs
of District in Standing Order
426, allowing the MDO Senior
Leadership Team to appoint
deputies to the Warden.
c) that the Methodist Council
accept the case for a full
time post of Deputy Warden
recognising that in due course
it will need to be funded from
the Central Services Budget;
d) that the Warden remain a
member of the Connexional
Leaders’ Forum and of the
Conference Agenda 2013
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